Sunday, November 22, 2015

Baby Marian

October 16, 2015

This little girl is the SWEETEST!! 
She is so calm and rarely cries.  She is a good nurser and so far she sleeps well!  
That, of course, could easily change.  We are all in love with her!




Joanne loves Marian.
Jody is only allowed to kiss her head. And boy is she good at it!

Marian with Grandma and Grandpa Linford

October 21, 2015

I love living so close to so much family! I know I say this all the time, but it's true! 

This isn't the first time that Grandma and Grandpa met Marian, but this is the time I had a camera with me! I love seeing them with my girls!! 


Grandma Jody and Marian.  
Isn't Grandma the most beautiful? 
I hope I have some of her good genes!

Grandpa Ray and Grandma Jody with Marian

Look at that handsome man!

Marian's Baby Blessing

November 16, 2015

Get ready for picture overload! 

Lance blessed Marian at his mom's house in East Mill Creek and it was wonderful!
Thank you to all who came! It was a sweet special night. 

Look at that face!


We are obsessed with this girl!


Have you ever seen anyone as cute as Marian!?

Even cute while crying!



Those who were in the circle
Marian was perfect in the blessing! She didn't make a sound!
Left to right: Jody, Nick Webb, Travis Astle, Ira Ashton, Lynn Astle, Jim Hulme, Bishop Barton, Marian, Lance, Paul Johnson, Grandpa Ray, Papa, Samuel.

Papa with Marian.

Our little family with Papa. 
We love you Papa!

Me and one of my cute girlies.

Uncle Lynn and Marian. 
I can tell these two will have a special relationship!


Amy, Jim, Matthias, and David Hulme came. 
Thanks so much for coming!! 


Kelly and Marian

Paul and Orva Johnson
We love our family!

The big reason we had her blessing in Salt Lake on a Monday was that my dad was in town. 
My mom couldn't make it, but that didn't stop us from Skyping her in!

Matthias provided some music.

Jody LOVES her Uncle Nick!

Candids of family after the blessing.
Nick, Travis, Sue, Ethan

Kelly, Cora, Ira, Lindsay

Grandpa Ray

Travis

Ethan 

Grandma Jody, Papa, Jim

Jody and Uncle Samuel

Kelly and Jody

Wide awake!

Marian and Aunt Andrea


Nick and Marian

Marian with Grandma and Grandpa Linford

Marian and Grandma Shelley


I sure love this baby!



Joanne is wearing a Cary dress.  Most of my Sunday dresses from age 3 to 9 were Cary dresses. 
This dress was one that Abbie Hulme wore.  It will go back to Abbie when she has girls.
Most of those Cary dresses were made into quilts for the girls. This one escaped.

Grandma Shelley and Brees

What a wonderful night!
 Thank you to all the family who came - we feel so much love from all of you -
 and for our new addition! 


Saturday, November 21, 2015

Lucy and the Girls

November 9-10, 2015

We are pretty thrilled that Lucy and the girls came to visit!! Brian's brother is getting married this weekend here in Utah, so Lucy and her girls bravely set out on their own and drove to Utah - without Brian - so that they could have some extra Utah time with family. We are SO glad that they did!

We had two days to visit.  The first day we spent at my Aunt Amy's house and the second day at my house.  We haven't had one-on-one time in a long time, and it was so nice! 
Elna, Harriet, Joanne

Lucy meeting Marian for the first time!


Marian and Abbie

Sweet happy Georgia

Marian, Jody, Georgia, Elna, Harriet

Aunt Ann, Laura and her kids came to visit with us.
Eloise, Hattie, Elna, Jody

Aunt Ann with Marian

These girls LOVE their baby dolls!

All us girls with our babies.  
We had the greatest time! 
We so wish they lived closer to us!!